Comments on: One at a time Please!!! http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/12/one-at-a-time-please-268 Aspiring Novelist Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Valerie http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/12/one-at-a-time-please-268/comment-page-1#comment-233 Valerie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:44:11 +0000 http://www.marybethsmith.com/?p=268#comment-233 I'm going through this right now! I don't think it's crazy at all. I hope it's not! I think it's a sign of creativity. I still have to finish the first draft of my NaNo project, which I left another project to do, and yet this new idea is just nagging at the back of my mind. When I go to bed it's all I think about. I started a notebook for it, and I'm really excited about it but it requires serious research and like you, I really want to finish my current book and get started querying first. I think it's always better to have too many ideas than not enough. Give yourself a little bit of time each day to sit down and think or write about your new idea, make notes, and then get back to your current book. I find that helps me. I’m going through this right now! I don’t think it’s crazy at all. I hope it’s not! I think it’s a sign of creativity.

I still have to finish the first draft of my NaNo project, which I left another project to do, and yet this new idea is just nagging at the back of my mind. When I go to bed it’s all I think about.

I started a notebook for it, and I’m really excited about it but it requires serious research and like you, I really want to finish my current book and get started querying first.

I think it’s always better to have too many ideas than not enough. Give yourself a little bit of time each day to sit down and think or write about your new idea, make notes, and then get back to your current book. I find that helps me.

]]> By: Scott http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/12/one-at-a-time-please-268/comment-page-1#comment-232 Scott Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:07:41 +0000 http://www.marybethsmith.com/?p=268#comment-232 I normally jot down notes, plot out some things, do a loose - very loose - outline, and then get back to what I was working on before my moment of brilliance (I have many, many, many moments of brilliance, btw) struck me. I used to dive right into new ideas, but that left so many unfinished projects, that I had to make a change in my life. Still, even with new ideas, I try to set aside maybe 30 minutes to flesh things out a bit more after I finish editing/revising/whatever else I'm working on. I normally jot down notes, plot out some things, do a loose – very loose – outline, and then get back to what I was working on before my moment of brilliance (I have many, many, many moments of brilliance, btw) struck me. I used to dive right into new ideas, but that left so many unfinished projects, that I had to make a change in my life. Still, even with new ideas, I try to set aside maybe 30 minutes to flesh things out a bit more after I finish editing/revising/whatever else I’m working on.

]]> By: Holly Bodger http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/12/one-at-a-time-please-268/comment-page-1#comment-231 Holly Bodger Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:47:48 +0000 http://www.marybethsmith.com/?p=268#comment-231 The "only" crazy writer here? You say that like there are some of us who are sane. :-) I get all of my book ideas at the most inopportune times. And yes, they come by the dozen. But like the other voices in my head, I've learned to ignore them while I'm working on a different WIP. Must go...the voice is telling me I need chocolate now and O I never ignore the chocolate voice... The “only” crazy writer here? You say that like there are some of us who are sane. :-)

I get all of my book ideas at the most inopportune times. And yes, they come by the dozen. But like the other voices in my head, I’ve learned to ignore them while I’m working on a different WIP.

Must go…the voice is telling me I need chocolate now and O I never ignore the chocolate voice…

]]> By: Natalie http://www.marybethsmith.com/2009/12/one-at-a-time-please-268/comment-page-1#comment-230 Natalie Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:59:02 +0000 http://www.marybethsmith.com/?p=268#comment-230 YES!!! I've had this happen way too many times. The new idea is always more shiny than my WIP and I sometimes (usually) drop the WIP to work on the new story. Not smart. I think I have about 15 starts currently (two that I'm actively working on). Finishing is good. YES!!! I’ve had this happen way too many times. The new idea is always more shiny than my WIP and I sometimes (usually) drop the WIP to work on the new story. Not smart. I think I have about 15 starts currently (two that I’m actively working on). Finishing is good.

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